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The Day the Earth Froze

1959 • 1h30m Adventure, Fantasy

Rating

4.5/10

Popularity

1

Based on Finnish mythology; Lemminkäinen woos the fair Annikki and battles the evil witch Louhi. Louhi kidnaps Annikki to compel her brother to build for her a Sampo, a magical device that creates salt, grain, and gold. When Lemminkäinen fails to recover the Sampo, Louhi steals the sun, plunging the world into frozen darkness.

Details

Director

Aleksandr Ptushko

Screenplay

Viktor Vitkovich

Grigori Yagdfeld

Cast

Andris Ošiņš

Eve Kivi

Anna Orochko

Release date

8/24/1959

Status

Released

Origin country

FI

SU

Vote count

28